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Back in 2006 and 2007 I reported on two studies that showed that both adults and children tended to eat more while they watched TV. Listening to music also seems to affect how much you eat. The theory is that being distracted from what you’re eating appears to reduce [...]

There’s a tremendous amount of research available on the benefits of drinking coffee. Much of that research has attributed its positive health effects on the large amounts of antioxidants it contains, whether that’s caffeinated or decaffeinated.

I’ve talked about nuts quite a bit here at DrGourmet.com. Not only are nuts part of the Mediterranean Diet, there’s been quite a bit of research on nuts themselves, not to mention research into specific types of nuts, including walnuts, pistachios, and almonds. Adding nuts to your diet has been [...]

Over the years we’ve written Health & Nutrition Bites on nearly a dozen peer-reviewed studies that focus on nuts and their impact on all sorts of conditions, including poor cholesterol scores, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. This doesn’t include those articles written about a Mediterranean-style diet, [...]

Sometimes it still seems to be an uphill battle to let people know that for the vast majority of people, dietary cholesterol (the cholesterol in your food) has virtually no effect on your cholesterol scores. Every now and then I still get an Ask Dr. [...]

I’ve been saying for years – no, decades – that it’s the quality of the calories you put in your mouth and body that really count. Since I’m an allopathic, evidence-based physician talking about health and nutrition, people assume that I’m all about weight loss. The [...]

There are two types of review articles. In one type of review article, the author(s) search for all of the research that’s been done into a particular topic, then pool those results together, yielding stronger results. (Here’s an example.)

There are two types of review articles. In one type of review article, the author(s) search for all of the research that’s been done into a particular topic, then pool those results together, yielding stronger results. (Here’s an example.)